by Lissa Rankin | Oct 10, 2018 | Inner Pilot Light, Mental Health
I was raised as a young girl to be a good Methodist. Anger was not an acceptable emotion in my religion or in my family. Neither my father nor my mother expressed healthy anger. Instead, my mother grew resentful from over-giving and her resentment turned sour as...
by Lissa Rankin | Dec 18, 2017 | Relationships
This morning, a friend was telling me about how someone she loves treats her. Her stories sounded painful and brutalizing, even abusive. I wondered why she tolerated such apparent disrespect. She was describing someone who obviously doesn’t appreciate the gift of this...
by Lissa Rankin | Aug 21, 2011 | Physical Health
When I interviewed women who had survived breast cancer for my art project The Woman Inside, I noticed that they all shared one remarkable thing in common. They had all faced down death and decided to live every day like it might be their last. And then they all beat...
